[HTML][HTML] The known-unknowns of anomalous underscreening in concentrated electrolytes

GR Elliott, KP Gregory, H Robertson, VSJ Craig… - Chemical Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrolytes are central to life and technology but lack complete understanding. Recent
experiments with highly concentrated electrolytes have revealed electrostatic decay lengths …

Atomic force microscopy probing interactions and microstructures of ionic liquids at solid surfaces

R An, A Laaksonen, M Wu, Y Zhu, FU Shah, X Lu, X Ji - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) are room temperature molten salts that possess preeminent
physicochemical properties and have shown great potential in many applications. However …

Interfacial structuring of non-halogenated imidazolium ionic liquids at charged surfaces: effect of alkyl chain length

S Watanabe, GA Pilkington, A Oleshkevych… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Control of the interfacial structures of ionic liquids (ILs) at charged interfaces is important to
many of their applications, including in energy storage solutions, sensors and advanced …

Tribotronic control of an ionic boundary layer in operando extends the limits of lubrication

AB Reddy, GA Pilkington, MW Rutland, S Glavatskih - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The effect of electric potential on the lubrication of a non-halogenated phosphonium
orthoborate ionic liquid used as an additive in a biodegradable oil was studied. An in-house …

[HTML][HTML] Recent understanding of solid-liquid friction in ionic liquids

Y He, H Li, C Qu, W Cao, M Ma - Green Chemical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstracts Ionic liquids (ILs)-solid interfacial phenomenon is undoubtedly one of the topic
issues in energy related fields, especially bringing great challenges in the development of …

Tuneable interphase transitions in ionic liquid/carrier systems via voltage control

S Li, GA Pilkington, F Mehler, OS Hammond… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The structure and interaction of ionic liquids (ILs) influence their interfacial composition, and
their arrangement (ie, electric double-layer (EDL) structure), can be controlled by an electric …

Micro-to nano-and from surface to bulk: Influence of halogen-free ionic liquid architecture and dissociation on green oil lubricity

AB Reddy, B Munavirov, GA Pilkington… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Four nonhalogenated ionic liquids (ILs) based on the same phosphonium cation are
investigated in terms of the anion suitability for enhancing the lubricity of a biodegradable …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic force spectroscopy on ionic liquids

C Rodenbücher, K Wippermann, C Korte - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ionic liquids have become of significant relevance in chemistry, as they can serve as
environmentally-friendly solvents, electrolytes, and lubricants with bespoke properties. In …

Electroresponsive structuring and friction of a non-halogenated ionic liquid in a polar solvent: Effect of concentration

GA Pilkington, A Oleshkevych, P Pedraz… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Neutron reflectivity (NR) measurements have been employed to study the interfacial
structuring and composition of electroresponsive boundary layers formed by an ionic liquid …

Microstructural probing of phosphonium-based ionic liquids on a gold electrode using colloid probe AFM

T Wang, L Li, F Zhang, Z Dai, FU Shah… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) with a gold colloid probe modeled as the electrode surface is
employed to directly capture the contact resonance frequency of two phosphonium-based …